"Brother, this city won't be easy," Hila said.
Shen Lang nodded. Of course, Fury Tide City wouldn't be easy.
It had been a long time since his return. Even if the Great Yan Empire hadn't reacted, and the State of Yue's troops wouldn't be able to arrive in time.
However, there were two places where troops could definitely enter Fury Tide City in advance. One was the garrison of Tiannan Province, and the other was the Yin Yuan Association's army.
Shen Lang didn't know that the Yin Yuan Association had an iron-blooded army, but he could deduce it. This was because when he had destroyed the Yin Yuan Association's headquarters in the Yue Country, the Yin Yuan Association had already made a move to snatch a few thousand people with zero bloodlines. Of course, this was just Shen Lang's plan. They had snatched a few thousand people who were truly retarded. However, the Yin Yuan Association's will to build a super army could be seen from this.
After that, Shen Lang used the Black Plague to massacre one of the Yin Yuan Association's cities. As a consolation, the Great Yan Empire's emperor would agree to the Yin Yuan Association's request.
Shen Lang had already clearly given the idea of building a super army, which was to modify the people with zero bloodlines. The formula Shen Lang gave was obviously fake, but Stupa Mountain and Sky-sea Pavilion's research on bloodlines was hundreds of years earlier than Shen Lang's. Moreover, when Jiang Li was destroyed, Stupa Mountain had obtained the most research results. It was enough for them to leak a little to the Yin Yuan Association.
Therefore, Shen Lang deduced that there was a high probability that the Yin Yuan Association would have a super army.
Not only the Yin Yuan Association, but Stupa Mountain would also not sit idly by. After all, Yan Nanfei's South Sea Sword Sect used to be Stupa Mountain's alternate account. Of course, Stupa Mountain had canceled this alternate account in order to completely occupy the underwater ancient ruins. However, Yan Nanfei was still one of them, so there was a high probability that they would provide him with gu weapons.
Therefore, Shen Lang deduced that he would be facing the Yin Yuan Association's new army and Stupa Mountain's gu weapons.
It had to be said that the enemy would know you best. Even if Shen Lang didn't know anything, he could guess most of it.
Shen Lang would only use the Amazon Army and the Nirvana Army to attack Fury Tide City, a total of about ten thousand people. The Skeleton Army was a navy, so it was best not to use them to attack a city.
Therefore, this battle was naturally difficult to fight.
Suddenly, Hila said, "Brother, don't you have the Black Death Virus? Can we use this to attack the city? "
Shen Lang thought for a moment and shook his head. "No."
It seemed like using the black virus was a good choice. It could easily paralyze the entire Raging Tide City, and as long as the entire ocean was sealed, there was no need to worry about the virus spreading to the land.
However, the Angry Tide City was not just the Angry Tide City. There was also Leizhou Island.
The whole of Leizhou Island was more than 5,000 square kilometers. The Kim family and the Heavenly Dao Society had invested several million gold coins here, moving close to 100,000 citizens to live on this island, and opening up millions of acres of fertile farmland and pastures.
All of these were the foundation of the Kim Clan, and they were also Shen Lang's foundation. Once the Black Death Virus was used, the entire Raging Tide City would be wiped out. The entire population of Leizhou Island would be wiped out as well. These 100,000 people were all citizens of the Kim family.
In the future, Shenlang would need a large amount of food and meat to develop the Fury Tide City base, and they would need to rely on the production of a hundred thousand people.
Therefore, the Black Death Virus could not be considered.
Hila said, "It's impossible to attack. Although the Amazon Army is strong, they only have eight thousand people. They can't afford to lose too many people."
Shen Lang nodded. Every lady in the Amazon Army was precious and could not be lost. Moreover, Shenlang was planning to let the Nirvana Army and the Amazon Army marry each other to produce a powerful next generation.
Hila said, "Are there any innocent people in this Raging Tide City?"
Shen Lang thought for a moment and shook his head.
There were no innocent people in the Raging Tide City. This was for sure. The Heavenly Dao Society's influence in the Raging Tide City had been uprooted. Now, this city completely belonged to Yan Nanfei and the Yin Yuan Society.
As for the merchants in this city? The merchants who were originally slightly loyal to the Kim family and Shenlang were now out of luck. The ones left were all merchants loyal to the Yin Yuan Society.
Merchants did not have a motherland. This was not a lie. At first, the owner of the Raging Tide City was Chou Tianwei, then the Kim family, and finally the Yin Yuan Society and Yan Nanfei.
Every time the owner changed, the merchants in the Raging Tide City would still dance and drink. Even when the Kim family ruled the Raging Tide City, these merchants had never been loyal and only paid taxes.
Therefore, in the past, the Raging Tide City was a completely free city, a city of trade. No ruler interfered with the trade of this city, and they completely shared the ruling rights with the merchants.
Therefore, the merchants of the Raging Tide City had no loyalty. When the original owner of the city was about to die, they could not wait to abandon and betray it.
This time, after Shen Lang took down the Raging Tide City, he would carry out a thorough purge.
From now on, the Raging Tide City would need workers and farmers, but not merchants.
He wanted to build the Raging Tide City into a sea fortress and an industrial base. All the raw materials did not need to be traded with the Eastern World, just with the Xilun Dynasty.
His sister Helen and wife Deborah would definitely spare no effort in providing material support.
"Lock down all the routes to Raging Tide. Surround them, but don't attack," Shen Lang ordered.
His powerful fleet immediately spread out and locked down the entire Raging Tide City. However, they didn't land at all and didn't engage in battle.
… …
Yan Nanfei heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this.
Everything was as he had imagined. The Shenlang fleet was invincible, but they did not have the ability to attack cities, nor could they move the cannons onto land.
Trying to use a blockade to force Raging Tidetide to compromise?
Daydreaming? The Furious Tide City was not a lone city. Behind it was the entire Leizhou Island.
Thanks to the Kim family and the Heavenly Dao Society, they had spent a few years migrating 100,000 people over and opening up millions of acres of fertile farmland, allowing the Angry Tide City to have an endless supply of food. There was no need to rely on sea trade at all.
Even if it was sealed for three to five years, Raging Tide City wouldn't run out of supplies.
A few days passed, and the Shenlang fleet was still locked down. They had no intention of landing at all.
Yan Nanfei was entertaining the merchants of Raging Tide City in the huge castle.
"Gentlemen, have you seen it clearly? The Shenlang can't do anything to Raging Tide City. "Yan Nanfei smiled and said," I have 100,000 soldiers guarding the city. How many people can the Shenlang have to attack the city? 10,000? 20,000? "
"How powerful is the Iron Blood Army of the Hidden Origin Association? Everyone has seen how powerful the secret weapon of the Stupa Mountain is. Everyone has seen it with their own eyes.
"That's why those cowardly merchants ran away. How ridiculous is that now? Just stay in Raging Tide City and wait for Shen Lang's fleet to be wiped out. After that, business will return to normal. "
"I have to make one thing clear here. The merchants who left Raging Tide City previously don't need to come back. From now on, all the businesses in Raging Tide City and the remaining businesses in the eastern sea will belong to you."
The moment he said this, the few hundred merchants present raised their cups and cheered, "Lord Yan is mighty!"
"The Shenlang is really interesting. Since he escaped to the western world, why didn't he just live a good life there? He just had to come back and affect everyone's fortune. Cutting off one's livelihood is like killing one's parents. I really want to skin him alive. "
"He wants to stage the return of the king."
"The return of the king?" The merchant held his stomach and laughed out loud. "Have you seen the return of the king with 20,000 people? Have you seen the return of the king who doesn't even dare to attack a mere Raging Tide City? He can't even take down a small Raging Tide City, yet he wants to attack the capital of the State of Yue? He wants to attack the entire eastern world? This is the greatest absurdity in the world. "
After Yan Nanfei's fleet was defeated, half of the merchants in Raging Tide City fled. The remaining half of the merchants became cowards and didn't dare to express any opinions. They were even prepared to change sides.
Now that a few days had passed and the Shenlang was completely helpless against Raging Tide City, their confidence immediately rose.
After all, to a certain extent, they were the traitors of the Kim family. After Shenlang's identity was exposed, this group of merchants immediately cooperated with the Hidden Origin Association to invade and seize the foundations of the Heavenly Dao Association and the Kim family. Every family had a share of the meat and benefits.
Let's just talk about the millions of acres of fertile farmland on Raging Tide City. The Kim family had borrowed an astronomical amount of gold from the Heavenly Dao Association to relocate 100,000 people to reclaim the land.
The fertile farmland belonged to the Kim family, but it was distributed to the 100,000 immigrants for free. Every year, they only had to hand over 20% of the harvest. The remaining 80% belonged to them.
Also, the Kim family had loaned the 100,000 people interest-free gold to build houses and businesses.
In the end, the millions of fertile farmland and 100,000 people had all been forcibly taken away. Yan Nanfei had gotten the biggest share, while Zhuo Zhaoyan, Tang Yun, and the others had gotten a small share.
The hundreds of merchants present also had a share. Not only were they merchants, but they were also the owners of Leizhou Island.
Originally, under the rule of the Kim family, these 100,000 people only had to hand over 20% of the harvest. Now, they had to hand over 70%. They were eating the people's fat and money happily.
So, who loved Shenlang's return and hoped that the Kim family would rule Raging Tide City again?
It was definitely the 100,000 immigrants. They had lived miserable lives for the past two years, and they missed the Kim family even more.
When the news of Shenlang's return spread, these 100,000 people were extremely excited. Every day, they prayed that Shenlang's army would immediately land and take back Raging Tide City, freeing them from the abyss of suffering.
However, after more than 10 days, Shenlang's fleet was still only sealing off Raging Tide City. They still had no intention of landing and starting a war.
"Now that we know everything about Shenlang, he only has a few tens of thousands of people. His warships can't land, so it's impossible for him to take down Raging Tide City."
"Food doesn't grow on the sea. Shenlang has no place to stand. I want to know how long he can hold out and how long the supplies on his ships can last."
Yan Nanfei felt complacent when he heard the words of the merchants. He smiled reservedly and said, "I'm hoping that Shen Lang will attack the city immediately. The 100,000 soldiers under me are already sharpening their blades and their battle intent is soaring."
"Don't worry, Lord Yan Nanfei. Shenlang's fleet can't hold out for much longer. If he can't get supplies, his fleet will die without a fight."
… …
"Brother, we're running out of supplies," Hila said. "Food is still okay. After all, we can harvest it from the sea, but we're running out of staple food, especially bean sprouts. We can't not eat vegetables at sea."
Shenlang nodded. Therefore, he had to take down Raging Tide City as soon as possible.
He was waiting for news from Zhang Chunhua's side. When Chou Yao'er led the pirates west, they encountered many islands along the way. One day, they saw a very strange island that was constantly spewing fire.
It was not a volcano spewing fire, but a crack had appeared on the ground. Black oil sprayed dozens of meters into the sky, and for some reason, it was ignited.
After knowing this, Shenlang was overjoyed. This was an oil well, and it was a self-erupting well that did not need to be dug. It was extremely glorious to mine, and they only needed to prepare countless barrels.
Therefore, after leaving the Devil's Triangle, Shenlang's fleet split into two.
One hundred of the main fleet came to fight Yan Nanfei at sea, while the other thousand ships sailed toward the island in the northeast to mine large amounts of crude oil.
Petroleum was also the mother of industry. To Shenlang, petroleum was not just fuel. Countless chemical materials were extracted from crude oil.
Of course, with Shenlang's current industrial strength, it was far from being able to extract crude oil, but even crude oil was a terrifying fuel.
Before that, if they wanted to carry out a large-scale fire attack, they had to use fish oil. That was to catch fish and boil them into oil. How precious was that? No matter how strong a force was, preparing a few hundred thousand kilograms of fish oil at once was already the limit.
For a large-scale battle, a few hundred thousand kilograms of fish oil was really nothing.
Once they had oil, they would have an inexhaustible supply. If they used it to attack with fire, they could use millions of kilograms at once.
With Shenlang's current ability, they could not create incendiary bombs or even extract gasoline and kerosene. However, crude oil could be used to attack with fire. It was even more vicious because when it burned, it would emit many toxic gases.
Carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and so on.
Therefore, Shenlang had never thought of attacking the Fury Tide City normally.
He was going to use tens of millions of kilograms of crude oil to burn the entire Raging Tide City and kill every single person in the city.
After the great purge, they would carry out a great reconstruction.
There was no more thorough purge than this.
So, what 100,000 troops? What 10,000 soldiers from the Hidden Yuan Association? What Stupa Mountain's Gu Insect Arrows? What huge castle?
Shen Lang did not care about any of that. He wanted to let Yan Nanfei know what a real fire attack was.
… …
Another five days passed!
"They're here, they're here!" Hila suddenly shouted.
Shen Lang hurriedly rushed out of the deck to take a look. Immediately, he saw countless black dots appearing on the horizon.
His other fleet had finally arrived. There were thousands of ships.
Shenlang did not need to ask because he could already see that almost all the ships were densely packed with wooden barrels.
Each barrel contained about 50 kilograms of crude oil. The thousands of ships carried more than 100,000 barrels of crude oil.
To Zhang Chunhua and the others, extracting crude oil was the easiest. There was countless crude oil in the cracked oil wells. After emptying them, it would not take long for the oil wells to be full.
Just finding ten self-erupting wells would be enough for Shenlang to extract for a year or two.
Speaking of which, these crude oil gushing wells had not always existed. They had only appeared a few years ago. To be precise, they had only appeared seven or eight years ago. Due to a major earthquake, the earth had been torn apart. An astronomical amount of crude oil had originally been suppressed by the earth. Now that a crack had been torn open, the crude oil gushed out.
For almost a month, Zhang Chunhua led 20,000 people and did not dare to do anything else but to forge oil barrels. They directly cut wood on the island. Even the Skeleton Warriors had become carpenters and knew how to put tenons together.
20,000 people worked hard for a whole month and finally made more than 100,000 barrels. They extracted more than 100,000 barrels of crude oil, which was more than 15 million kilograms, or 7,000 tons.
This number was not even worth mentioning in modern Earth, but it was already an astronomical number for this world.
When the US army bombed Tokyo, they used more than 300 bombers and dropped 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs.
However, the Raging Tide City in front of them was less than one-tenth of the size of Tokyo during World War II.
There were no civilians in the Raging Tide City. They were all merchants, and the cowardly merchants had already run away. The ones who stayed were all merchants who followed the Yin Yuan Association to the end.
The Raging Tide City was only about 30 square kilometers. Other than the 100,000 soldiers, there were also a few hundred merchants. On average, each merchant had a hundred subordinates, so the entire Raging Tide City did not exceed 180,000 people.
… …
Zhang Chunhua directly rushed in front of Shenlang and rolled up her sleeves.
Shenlang could not help but dodge. He thought that Zhang Chunhua was going to hit him.
"Look at this, look at this … …" Zhang Chunhua said angrily: "My skin is soft and tender. When I was running around the sea with Queen Medusa, I did not even get tanned. Look at how tanned I am now. Shen Lang, I'm here to be your concubine, I'm not here to be your slave. I am a woman, are you treating me like an animal. "
Shenlang held her hand and clicked his tongue: "Your skin is tanned to the color of wheat. It's so beautiful and sexy."
Then, Shenlang pinched her small waist and legs and said: "Yo, your figure has also become healthy and beautiful. It's even hotter and sexier."
"I don't believe you." Zhang Chunhua smacked his face and said: "At that time, you said that you would marry me in Mulan City. Later, you said that you would marry me in the castle on the top of Bi Jin City. Now, a few months have passed."
Shenlang: "Since you have already come to the Eastern world, I can't let you be wronged. I must save your father and brother, and then marry you with their blessings."
Zhang Chunhua looked at Shenlang for a while and said: "Is it because we are too close that you are no longer interested in me?"
"Yes, yes, if you don't believe me, look," Shenlang said.
Zhang Chunhua gently moved her hand and then felt relieved. She rolled her eyes at Shenlang and said: "At least it has a conscience."
Then, she tore off her clothes and moved in front of Shenlang: "Smell it, is there still the smell of kerosene on me? I have already bathed three times. "
Shenlang's heart was beating wildly. You vixen, you want me to smell if there is any smell of kerosene? Why are you pulling your clothes so open? You have seen everything.
"No, there is only the natural fragrance, it makes me salivate," Shenlang said.
"Ptui!" Zhang Chunhua smacked Shenlang's face again.
Shenlang: "How much kerosene has been extracted?"
Zhang Chunhua said, "Countless of them. All the boats were filled to the brim, and they couldn't fit any more. There were more than 15 million jin of them. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't dare to believe it. It is like a well that has been emptied, but in less than a night, the whole well is full again. This is simply a gift from the heavens. If I were a merchant, I would be rich just by selling this thing, right? "
Not only would it be rich, but it could also support dozens of countries and even a superpower empire.
Shenlang came in front of the map of the Furious Tide City.
The Furious Tide City was 30 square kilometers, 15 million kilograms of kerosene, which meant that on average, 500 thousand kilograms of kerosene had to be thrown in every square kilometer.
This kind of fire attack was simply an astronomical figure. It was insane.
Zhang Chunhua said: "Next, are you planning to throw all this kerosene into the Furious Tide City?"
Shenlang nodded and said: "Yes, are you trying to say that it is against the heavens?"
Zhang Chunhua shook her head and said: "No, I am so excited that I am peeing."
Shen Lang cast a glance at her. What a vixen from head to toe. I've already said that I'll marry her after rescuing Zhang Chong and his son, yet you're still trying to seduce me all the time.
… …
The strategy had been decided.
The insane fire attack would pour more than 7,000 tons of kerosene into the Furious Tide City.
But the key problem now was how to throw more than 7,000 tons of kerosene into the Furious Tide City.
It was still a hot air balloon.
After extreme simplification, the hot air balloon made by Shenlang could carry 800 kilograms at a time. After deducting the weight of one person, there should be about 730 kilograms left, which was 14 barrels of kerosene.
Shenlang used an astronomical amount of resources to make more than 100 hot air balloons, which meant that in theory, they could throw up to 150,000 kilograms of kerosene at a time. This time, they needed to throw about 100 batches of kerosene.
This was Shenlang's crazy air attack plan.
There was no steam engine, no nitrogen, no helium, so airships couldn't be made. All the hot air balloons could only fly with the wind and couldn't fly by themselves.
But it was enough for an air attack at close range. There was always wind on the sea. Whether it was the east wind, west wind, or north wind, they could all be used for air attacks.
And of course, the ones carrying out the air attack were still the Amazons. The crazy Princess Dora was still going to lead the air attack.
… …
It was a sunny day. The sea breeze flew from the east to the west. It was simply the perfect time for an air attack.
Princess Dora was ready with more than a hundred female Amazons.
Shenlang stepped forward and hugged Princess Dora. "Be careful, I wish you success."
"I will, Your Highness." Princess Dora said, "But Your Highness, the hugging etiquette in the Western world doesn't require you to hug so tightly, especially below the waist. There's no need to push against each other, so I suspect that you're taking advantage of me."
"No, no, how could that be?" Shenlang quickly let go.
Then, he went in front of General Kuining and hugged her. "I wish you success, General Kuining."
"Thank you, Your Highness," General Kuining said shyly, letting Shenlang hug her tightly, even sticking to her from top to bottom.
Her shyness almost made people forget that she liked to split people in half, symmetrical halves at that.
Ning Yan saw this scene and couldn't help but frown. "Do we still need women in our house?"
Zhang Chunhua said lightly, "Don't worry, your Husband is very cheap. When people are cold, he likes to take advantage of them. But if they really stick to him, he'll pretend that nothing happened. Taking advantage of them without sleeping, irresponsible. This is your Husband's style. "
Princess Ning Yan was stunned. "How do you know?"
Zhang Chunhua Youyou said, "Don't ask this question."
At this time, more than a hundred ships had been emptied, each with a huge hot air balloon.
"Ignite, heat up!"
More than half an hour later, the huge hot air balloon was heated up and was already floating in the air, ready to take off at any time.
"Load!"
With an order, barrels of crude oil were loaded into the hot air balloon's basket.
The maximum load of these hot air balloons was more than 800 kilograms, but to be conservative, each hot air balloon was only loaded with 13 barrels of crude oil.
"Boarding!"
Princess Dora led more than a hundred female Amazons into the hot air balloon's pod.
"Take off!"
The ropes below were untied.
More than a hundred hot air balloons began to slowly rise into the air, carrying more than a thousand barrels of crude oil, slowly flying in the direction of Raging Tide City.
… …
It had been nearly a month since Shenlang's fleet sealed off Raging Tide City.
The people in Raging Tide City had lost all respect because Shenlang had yet to land and start a war.
Under Yan Nanfei's hint, the merchants in the city all donated their salaries and even offered their guards.
At this point, Yan Nanfei had more than 130,000 soldiers under his command.
At this time, the interests of the merchants and Yan Nanfei were the same. They had both embezzled the interests of the Kim family and Shenlang.
Because he felt that he had seen through Shenlang's background, Yan Nanfei was even more eager for Shenlang to attack Raging Tide City, so that the 100,000 soldiers in his hands would have a place to use their skills. So that the 10,000 Yinyuan Association's iron-blooded soldiers and 30,000 Stupa Mountain's Gu arrows would be useless.
In order to lure Shenlang to attack the city, Yan Nanfei's army began to challenge.
They set up directions at the port and cursed at the castle by the sea.
"Shenlang, you call this the return of the king? This is your wife's Raging Tide City. Your castle has been occupied by us, but you don't dare to attack. How is this a return? It's the return of a tortoise. "
"Shenlang, we've taken over the million acres of farmland that you've cultivated. We've taken over your mirror industry, and your 100,000 citizens have become our slaves. Thank you! "
"Shenlang, where's your wife, Jin Mulan? How did you get this fleet? Did you sacrifice your wife to the Emperor of the Western World in exchange for this fleet? "
"Your Majesty Shenlang, I heard that you became Xilun's emperor's boy toy in the western world and sold yourself to get this fleet. Why haven't you come to attack Raging Tide City after paying such a huge price? This is your home! We're in your home, eating your food, holding your gold and silver, and sleeping with your citizens. Aren't we happy? "
Yan Nanfei ordered his army to humiliate Shenlang with all their might. He wanted to provoke him into going ashore and then use the weapons in his hands to destroy him.
However, from the beginning to the end, Shenlang's army was like a tortoise hiding in its shell, not moving at all.
"This is the return of the king? Marshal, Shenlang might have really sold himself to get this fleet in the western world. He might be Xilun's emperor's puppet. Otherwise, why hasn't he attacked the city yet? "
Of course, Yan Nanfei wasn't that frivolous. Logically speaking, Shenlang wouldn't dare to attack the city. The longer this dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for Shenlang.
Right now, the State of Yue was gathering troops and organizing a defensive line in the east. Zhu Hongxue's Blood Soul Army might be returning soon.
However, Yan Nanfei's heart grew heavier and more uneasy.
That was because the Shenlang he knew was full of miracles. He shouldn't be a cowardly tortoise hiding in its shell.
At this moment, one of the generals suddenly shouted, "W-what is that?"
Yan Nanfei looked up.
Suddenly, he saw over 100 giant balls flying up from the sea in the east.
They can fly?
What does that mean?
Then, he realized that the 100 giant balls were slowly flying toward Raging Tide City.
Soon, they were above Raging Tide City.
"Shoot! Shoot! Shoot these things down!" Yan Nanfei ordered.
Then, the Yin Yuan Hui Iron Blood Army shot with all their might.
However, these hot air balloons were at an altitude of 1,500 meters. No arrows could hit them.
In the next second!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh …
Countless black dots appeared in the sky.
Hundreds and thousands of barrels of crude oil fell from the sky.
From his field of vision, the densely packed black dots were like raindrops.
W-What was that?
After a few seconds of freefall, the ground began to spin.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
These oil barrels smashed on the ground, the roof, and the walls.
Boom, boom, boom, boom …
Every oil barrel had mercuric acid, and there was more than one. No matter which angle it fell from, it would explode.
Instantly!
Thousands of oil barrels exploded one after another.
Blazing flames erupted from it.
The entire Raging Tide City was in a sea of fire.
Shenlang's plan to massacre the city had begun!
… …
Note: Sorry, it's only half an hour early! I'm going to eat. I'll try to finish the next chapter an hour earlier! Brothers, give me your monthly votes. They're going to explode. I'm burning with anxiety!
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